OPINION: Since the 1990s, New Zealand firearms policy has been dominated by a gun lobby of licensed firearms owners. READ MORE:* Rush for semi-automatics after Christchurch mosque shootings* Federated Farmers says semi-automatic firearms have a place* Why do members of the public even need military-style semi-automatic rifles? ROSA WOODS/STUFF Simon Bridges says he is open to all options on gun law reform. A semi-automatic firearm reloads itself without the shooter needing to work a bolt, lever or pump. After the Aramoana shootings in 1992, the government acted quickly to address the issue of semi-automatic firearms.

Source: Stuff March 19, 2019 16:01 UTC